Minimized Atrazine Risks to Crop Security and Its Residue in the Environment by a Rice Methyltransferase as a Regulation Factor

Atrazine (ATZ) is an agricultural pesticide for controlling field weeds. ATZ accumulates in many crops, posing high risks to crop production and food safety. Characterizing one of the novel rice MT genes named Oryza sativa atrazine-responsive methyltransferase (OsARM) showed that the expression of OsARM was associated with DNA demethylation (hypomethylation) in its promoter region. The enhancement of OsARM expression was manifested by the attenuated symptoms of ATZ toxicity including better growth and lower ATZ accumulation in plants. The promoted capacity of detoxification was confirmed by transgenic rice overexpression OsARM lines and also functionally proved by CRISPR-Cas9 knockout mutants. The transgenic lines accumulate more ATZ metabolites in rice and lower concentrations in the growth environment, pointing out that ATZ metabolism or degradation can be intensified. The ATZ-induced DNA demethylation is an important hallmark representing the epigenetic mechanism, which is required for the extra OsARM expression to facilitate ATZ disappearance in rice and the environment.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:70

Enthalten in:

Journal of agricultural and food chemistry - 70(2022), 1 vom: 12. Jan., Seite 87-98

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ma, Li Ya [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Ai Ping [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Jintong [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Nan [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Min [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Hong [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Atrazine
EC 2.1.1.-
Herbicides
Journal Article
Metabolism
Methyltransferases
Pesticide contamination
Pesticides
QJA9M5H4IM
Rice

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 13.01.2022

Date Revised 13.01.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acs.jafc.1c04172

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM334723264